Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: downloaded files

Sorry for my spelling of Firefox. You are right about the ISP not having
docs' for Linux. But I had ask for the mac and IP addresses and told them
some one can get on with ppp if it was set right. I than told them they may
want to get up to date with Linux cause it was going to be hot. Well, look
at it now.

david

On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Robert C Wittig <
wittig.robert@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>
>
> On 5/27/2011 6:38 AM, david wrote:
> > I was with one ISP and they told me they did not support Linux. I ask
> > if they supported Forfire web broser. They said yes. I then told them
> > they supported Linux. Come to find out, they didn't know if they
> > supported Linux or not.
> >
> > david
> >
>
> Most ISP's do not *support* Linux. This means they do not have documents
> or a help desk, telling their subscribers how to use Linux operating
> systems on their ISP.
>
> It does not mean that Linux won't run on their ISP, it just means that
> Linux user are on their own, if they encounter a problem.
>
> When I first started running Linux and FreeBSD on my CompuServe account,
> I had to first log on (it was dial-up) running in DOS or Windows 3.11,
> then access the Linux Forum and read the instructions, how to configure
> a script that would send the correct responses to CompuServe's logon
> protocol.
>
> Now, Linux is quite advanced, and most people use ISP's that run DSL, so
> logging onto a modern Linux OS happens automatically, when you start the
> computer.
>
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>
>
>

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